P. L. ; Pirrho / Pyrrho Ligorio / Pyrrhus Ligorius / Pyrrhum Ligorium ;
1510 or 1513 c. in Naples / Neapel / Napolitano
1583
Ferrara, now Italy
Italy
Totius Galliae descriptio cum parte Angliae, Germaniae, Flandriae, Brabantiae, Italiae, Romam usque; Nova descriptio totius Hungariae; Descriptio totius Galliae Belgicae; Antiquitatum studiosis; Orbis Romae situs com iis quae adhuc conspiuntur veter monument, Venice 1552; map of ancient Rome (Antiquae Urbis Imago), 1561
named superintendent to the ancient monuments by the Popes Pius IV & Paul IV; since 1568 guest of Duke Alfonso II d'Este in Ferrara;
humanist Benedetto Egio, antiquoro of Ippolito II D'Este (1509-1572) since 1549 ; Alfonso II D'Este (1533-1597), duke of Ferrara ;
architectural, archaeological, geographical, and topographical copperplate engraving and etching ;
links in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirro_Ligorio ; www.gardenvisit.com/biography/pirro_ligorio ;
D. R. Coffin: Pirro Ligorio-Renaissance Artist, Architect & Antiquarian, 2003 ; F. Solinas: Other sources of drawings in the paper museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo, Milano 1993: 240-1; Pamela O. Long in Valleriani (2017): 230-233 ;
Italian architect, painter, antiquarian & garden designer; moved to Rome in 1534, where he developed his interest in antiquities; cf. http://www.italica.rai.it/scheda.php?scheda=rinascimento_parole_chiave_schede_cligo
314494
Powered by: DaDaBIK, the Low-code Development Platform